NEW YORK -- A Bronx deli worker injured in a brutal assault with avocados and bananas last month is speaking out for the first time exclusively to CBS New York.

Amr Alzabidi still has a dark and swollen eye, but that only begins to tell of the terror and brutality he endured in the attack, which was caught on surveillance video. He was one of two workers behind the counter at the Stadium Gourmet Deli on 161st Street in the Concourse section of the Bronx borough in New York City on May 29.

Alzabidi said the two suspects came in with four others and tried to order food from an employee who didn't speak English and was deaf in one ear.

Alzabidi says he tried to explain that to the men and assist with their order, but that things got ugly and tempers flared. Alzabidi said he called 911 and asked the men to leave and they did, and then two returned.

"I was trying to help them and the guy felt I was being sarcastic for some reason," Alzabidi said.

That's when the men started hurling avocados and bananas at Alzabidi. Alzabidi can be seen on the surveillance video, though his face is blurred, trying to cover up and protect himself. That's the last thing he remembers.